Books with author Pierre Loti

Pierre Loti's Madame Chrysantheme is a charming story, a real life tale of love between the Frenchman Pierre Loti and a geisha. At times the story is happy, at other times it is sad. The setting is a summer in Nagasaki almost a century ago. Loti, as a young naval officer on station in harbor, had sufficient time on his hands to establish a home ashore with fragile and beautiful Madame Chrysantheme. In these days of fast jet travel such romances are scarcely possible for travelers, yet the appeal of them remains.Here is a novel based on a real experience written by one of France's greatest masters of description. The theme is love in the exotic Japan of the late nineteenth century. At times the scenario resembles comic opera in the vein of Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado, but at other times emotional feeling runs as deep as in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly. The mixed denizens of the Nagasaki waterfront and the teahouses of those long-ago days provided Loti with very rich material indeed. This is a book all lovers of the romantic side of traditional Japan will be sure to appreciate.

Book Description: "First published in Paris in 1894, this purports to be translations of poems by a woman named Bilitis, a contemporary and acquaintance of Sappho. This caused a sensation, not only because finding an intact cache of poems from a completely unknown Greek poet circa 600 B.C. would be a miracle, but because of its open and sensitive exploration of lesbian eroticism. Actually Bilitis never existed. The poems were a clever forgery by Pierre Louÿs--the ""translator""; to lend weight, he had even included a bibliography with bogus supporting works. Louÿs actually did have a good command of the classics, and he salted Bilitis with a number of quotations from real poets, including Sappho, to make it even more convincing.Just because this is a fake does not detract from its literary value. And just because it was written by a man did not prevent it from acquiring cultural significance for Lesbians. In fact, one of the earliest organizations of Lesbians in the United States was called the Daughters of Bilitis (although this could have been because it was a reference that would elude most people).Prior to the 1960s, in the US, English translations of Bilitis were considered risqué enough to warrant lavish privately printed limited editions. This was a dodge to circumvent now-defunct censorship laws. The version this particular etext is based on was printed in 1926, and has sensual and very witty Art Deco illustrations by Wily Pogany." (Quote from sacred-texts.com)Table of Contents: Publisher's Preface; The Life Of Bilitis; Bucolics In Pamphylia; The Tree; Pastoral Song; Maternal Counsel; Bare Feet; The Old Man And The Nymphs; Song; Pedestrian; Awakening; Rain; Flowers; Impatience; Comparisons; The Stream In The Wood; Phitta Meliai; The Symbolic Ring; Moonlight Dances; Little Children; Stories; Her Friend, Married; Confidences; The Moon With Blue Eyes; Song; Lykas; Offering To The Goddess; The Accommodating Friend; Prayer To Persephone; Game Of Dice; The Distaff; The Flute; Tresses ; The Goblet; Roses In The Night; Regrets; Interrupted Sleep; To The Washerwomen; Song; Bilitis; The Cottage; The Lost Letter; Song; The Vow; Night; Cradle Song; The Tomb Of The NaÏads; Elegies At Mytilene; To The Ship; Psappha; The Dance Of Glottis And Kyse; Counsels; Incertitude; Meeting; The Little Clay Astarte; Desire; The Wedding; The Living Past; Metamorphosis; The Nameless Tomb; Mnasidika's Three Beauties; The Grotto Of The Nymphs; Mnasidika's Breasts; The Doll; Tenderness; Games; Shadowlight; The Sleeper; The Kiss; Jealous Cares; The Mad Embrace; The Heart; Night Words; Absence; Love; Purification; Mnasidika's Lullaby; Sea-side Promenade; The Object; Evening By The Fire; Prayers; Eyes; Cosmetics; Mnasidika's Silence; Scene; Waiting; Solitude; Letter; Attempt; Effort; To Gyrinno; Last Attempt; Rending Memory; The Wax Doll; Funeral Chant; Epigrams In The Isle Of Cyprus; Hymn To Astarte; Hymn To The Night; The Maenads; The Sea Of Kypris; The Priestesses Of Astarte; The Mysteries ; Egyptian Courtesans; I Sing My Flesh And My Life; Perfumes ; Conversation; The Torn Dress; Jewels; The Impartial One; Clear Water Of The Basin; Desire; The Inn; Domesticity; The Bath; To Her Breasts; Mydzouris; The Triumph Of Bilitis; To The Wooden God; Dancer With Castanets; The Flute Player; The Warm Girdle; To A Happy Husband; To One Who Has Strayed; Intimacies; The Command; The Masque Of PasiphaË ; The Juggleress; The Flower Dance; violence; Song; Advice To A Lover; Friends For Dinner; The Tomb Of A Young Courtesan; The Little Flower-vendor; Dispute; Melancholy; Little Phanion; Information; The Vendor Of Women; Stranger; Memory Of Mnasidika; Young Mother; The Unknown; Trickery; The Last Lover; The Dove; Morning Rain; True Death; The Tomb Of Bilitis; First Epitaph; Second Epitaph; Last Epitaph; Bibliography ; Notes; EndnotesAbout the Publisher: Forgotten Books is a publisher of

If you are looking for a story guaranteed to help get your child to sleep, then you’ll love this Bedtime Story. This and all of the “Bedtime for Baby” stories contain Neuro Linguistic Programs (NLP) that help bond your child to yourself while relaxing your child and promoting a safe and restful sleep. In fact, these stories will enable you to rest peacefully as well when you read them aloud to your child. As a bonus, you will learn the Seven Natural Ways to safely get your child (and yourself) to relax and rest before bed time. After you have followed these seven natural methods, you can let the words of this book do the rest for you. This book is written to create safe and peaceful images that will induce a deep sense of relaxation and sleep for you and your child.

If you are looking for a story guaranteed to help get your child to sleep, then you’ll love this Bedtime Story. This and all of the “Bedtime for Baby” stories contain Neuro Linguistic Programs (NLP) that help bond your child to yourself while relaxing your child and promoting a safe and restful sleep. In fact, these stories will enable you to rest peacefully as well when you read them aloud to your children. As a bonus, you will learn the Seven Natural Ways to safely get your child to relax and rest before bed time. After you have followed these seven natural methods, you can let the words of this book do the rest for you. This book is written to create safe and peaceful images that will induce a deep sense of relaxation and sleep for your children.

If you are looking for a story guaranteed to help get your child to sleep, then you’ll love this Bedtime Story. This and all of the “Bedtime for Baby” stories contain Neuro Linguistic Programs (NLP) that help bond your child to yourself while relaxing your child and promoting a safe and restful sleep. In fact, these stories will enable you to rest peacefully as well when you read them aloud to your children. As a bonus, you will learn the Seven Natural Ways to safely get your child to relax and rest before bed time. After you have followed these seven natural methods, you can let the words of this book do the rest for you. This book is written to create safe and peaceful images that will induce a deep sense of relaxation and sleep for your children.

If you are looking for a story guaranteed to help get your child to sleep, then you’ll love this Bedtime Story. This and all of the “Bedtime for Baby” stories contain Neuro Linguistic Programs (NLP) that help bond your child to yourself while relaxing your child and promoting a safe and restful sleep. In fact, these stories will enable you to rest peacefully as well when you read them aloud to your children. As a bonus, you will learn the Seven Natural Ways to safely get your child to relax and rest before bed time. After you have followed these seven natural methods, you can let the words of this book do the rest for you. This book is written to create safe and peaceful images that will induce a deep sense of relaxation and sleep for your children.

If you are looking for a story guaranteed to help get your child to sleep, then you’ll love this Bedtime Story. This and all of the “Bedtime for Baby” stories contain Neuro Linguistic Programs (NLP) that help bond your child to yourself while relaxing your child and promoting a safe and restful sleep. In fact, these stories will enable you to rest peacefully as well when you read them aloud to your child. As a bonus, you will learn the Seven Natural Ways to safely get your child (and yourself) to relax and rest before bed time. After you have followed these seven natural methods, you can let the words of this book do the rest for you. This book is written to create safe and peaceful images that will induce a deep sense of relaxation and sleep for you and your child.

If you are looking for a story guaranteed to help get your child to sleep, then you’ll love this Bedtime Story. This and all of the “Bedtime for Baby” stories contain Neuro Linguistic Programs (NLP) that help bond your child to yourself while relaxing your child and promoting a safe and restful sleep. In fact, these stories will enable you to rest peacefully as well when you read them aloud to your child. As a bonus, you will learn the Seven Natural Ways to safely get your child (and yourself) to relax and rest before bed time. After you have followed these seven natural methods, you can let the words of this book do the rest for you. This book is written to create safe and peaceful images that will induce a deep sense of relaxation and sleep for you and your child.